Category: US Presidents/Historical

A year ago at my wine blog, Maggie’s Wine, and here at Maggie’s Notebook, I posted on President George Washington’s distillery, located a few miles down the road from his Mt. Vernon home. At the time, near the end of…

On Friday February 18, 2014, nine states met in Utah’s State Capitol to decide how to take their state’s public lands back from the Feds. Utah House Speaker Becky Lockhart said at one time, 90 percent of Illinois lands were…

Of all the CPAC 2014 speeches I have heard, and I haven’t heard them all, Rand Paul received more robust applause than anyone, to this time — that I’ve heard. As with John Bolton’s speech, this one will make you…

Two articles caught my attention this week. The first was Christian Adams writing at PJ Media. Remember Christian, the DOJ attorney in the Civil Rights Department who resigned during the squalor of the New Black Panther Party’s absolution of the…

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), the man who is (or maybe, was) a close personal friend of Barack and Michelle Obama, says 2013 may go down as “one of the worst for the republic,” and “the least productive.” He singled out…

A Democratic National Committee email bore the subject line: “Impeachment,” and asked for money and votes in 2014. Dems apparently believe if they lose the Senate, spineless RINOs will try to remove Barack Obama from office. It’s an energizing thought…

Likely due to the fact that Barack Obama had a black father, the current Leader of the Free World is considered No. 111th among a list of the Most Famous People in History. Nelson Mandela, the man who “liberated” blacks…

A Washington State woman’s catastrophic coverage insurance was cancelled. Under ObamaCare, her monthly cost rocketed from $276.00 to $415.20. The new premium was impossible for her to pay so she took advantage of the offer to find other options, which…

Earlier this week I had an article on Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole (R) who among other things said Benghazi did not reach the level of Watergate. He compared the Tea Party to your alcoholic family member, ‘Joe,’ who has ruined…

Retired Air Force Colonel George “Bud” Day has died at the age of 88. With service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, he is one of American’s iconic military heroes. He holds the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Flying…